Networks and social capital in the UK television industry: The weakness of weak ties

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-393

  Antcliff, Valerie ^a   Saundry, Richard ^a   Stuart, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Labour markets; Networks; Social capital; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847394007     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707075880     Document Type: Article

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